Service difficulty report · Acm · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
December 2, 2008
Submitted
December 7, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N814HA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
318
Aircraft time
41,362 hours, 45,338 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
78279018
Part serial
930176
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Apu Bay
Part time
24,275 hours, 27,341 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

WHEN THE APU BLEED AIR WAS SELECTED 'ON', THE CABIN FOGGED UP AND SMELLED LIKE OIL. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE AIR CYCLE MACHINE. THE APU WAS RUN UP AND THE SYSTEM CHECKED GOOD. NO ODORS OR FUMES NOTED AT THAT TIME AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN RELEASED FOR SERVICE.